noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a murder/fraud etc trial
▪ She was a witness in a murder trial.
a murder/manslaughter/fraud etc conviction
▪ He lost his job following a drugs conviction.
advance fee fraud
allegations of corruption/fraud/misconduct etc
▪ Mr Singh has strongly denied the allegations of sexual harassment.
card fraud (=the illegal use of other people’s cards)
▪ Many consumers are afraid of credit card fraud.
commit murder/rape/fraud etc
▪ The couple were accused of committing murder.
drugs/fraud/vice etc squad
▪ A controlled explosion was carried out by bomb squad officers.
identity theft/fraud (=the crime of stealing another person's personal details in order to pretend to be that person)
▪ Identity theft is becoming more and more common because of the Internet.
insurance fraud
▪ Insurance fraud costs the industry millions of pounds each year.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
alleged
▪ Ferranti this week received the report it commissioned from accountants Coopers &038; Lybrand on the alleged fraud.
▪ This was the third time in six months that the federal government had intervened in state politics to redress alleged fraud.
▪ Ferranti expects to take delivery today of the report it commissioned from Coopers and Lybrand on the alleged fraud.
criminal
▪ We would wish to pursue further the criminal frauds committed by Robert Maxwell and others associated with the Daily Mirror.
▪ After several years of investigations, the Boys Ranch was indicted on criminal Medicaid fraud and grand theft charges last April.
electoral
▪ Mr Berisha's Democratic party alleged widespread electoral fraud by the government and intimidation of polling station officials by the police.
▪ Milosevic promised the students he would investigate their allegations and punish any officials found responsible for electoral fraud.
▪ Widespread electoral fraud and intimidation already have been reported.
▪ Mr Milosevic is fighting for his political survival after a vicious campaign tainted by intimidation and haunted by fears of electoral fraud.
▪ For a start, they are likely to face charges of corruption and electoral fraud.
▪ Several complaints of electoral irregularities and fraud were made.
▪ The complicated ballot sheet was also relatively easily altered for the purposes of electoral fraud.
financial
▪ Most losses were the result of financial fraud and the theft of proprietary information.
▪ Over financial fraud, bounty fees, patient intimidation, fees for referrals, guerrilla marketing.
▪ Criminal financial fraud on a vast scale has emerged as threat to the financial health of the community.
▪ Britain has been notoriously ineffective in dealing with offences like financial fraud, market manipulation and insider dealing.
guilty
▪ Most of the suppliers accused in the sting operations have pleaded guilty to fraud charges.
▪ It is accepted that the rule does not apply where the party seeking to rely on the document was guilty of fraud.
▪ Mirretti had pleaded guilty to fraud, bribery, theft and conspiracy to obstruct a criminal investigation.
▪ Mum has been a lot more cheerful since Quigley was declared bankrupt, insane and guilty of fraud.
▪ Later he pleaded guilty to mail fraud and tax evasion in connection with defrauding Rose clients of nearly $ 400, 000.
▪ A few weeks ago, Mr Tucker was found guilty of fraud.
▪ Susan McDougal was found guilty of fraud and sentenced to two years in jail, a verdict she is appealing.
mail
▪ Caserta, 56, pleaded guilty to one count each of mail fraud and conspiracy.
▪ The suit accuses Boeing of a series of criminal acts, including racketeering and mail fraud.
▪ He is charged with mail and insurance fraud and faces a total of 290 years in prison.
▪ While serving a federal prison sentence for mail fraud and tax evasion, &038;.
▪ Caserta and Bohrman are among those facing a criminal trial this month on mail and wire fraud charges.
▪ She faces additional counts of mail fraud and conspiracy.
massive
▪ There appears to have been a massive fraud, perpetuated under the very eyes of the trustees.
▪ First and foremost is the potential for massive fraud.
▪ Colorado-based Miniscribe filed for bankruptcy protection in January 1990 when it emerged that its senior management had carried out a massive fraud.
▪ All three losing candidates appealed against the election results, alleging massive fraud by the government.
▪ The opposition claimed that there had been massive vote fraud.
outright
▪ The system is tailor-made for manipulation or even outright fraud.
▪ Those who do not will remain awash in half-truths, outright deceptions and fraud.
potential
▪ The amount of potential consumer fraud in San Francisco is mind-boggling.
▪ First and foremost is the potential for massive fraud.
serious
▪ Another point of contention: how serious voter fraud had been.
▪ Under the Act of 1987 the privilege against self-incrimination does not apply to investigations of serious or complex fraud.
▪ The plaintiffs seek to investigate what they consider to be a serious and complicated fraud.
▪ Those are the innocent victims, who knew nothing of the serious fraud.
widespread
▪ Mr Berisha's Democratic party alleged widespread electoral fraud by the government and intimidation of polling station officials by the police.
▪ Instead, analysts are warning the elections are likely to worsen matters. Widespread electoral fraud and intimidation already have been reported.
▪ He also warned of widespread compensation fraud.
▪ A researcher who claims widespread fraud involving military decorations says he warned Adm.
■ NOUN
allegation
▪ Monday's developments came against the backdrop of fraud allegations.
bank
▪ The charges included racketeering, conspiracy, bank fraud, securities fraud, misapplication of funds and interstate transportation of stolen property.
card
▪ Meanwhile credit card fraud rose by 40 %.
▪ Trudeau pleaded guilty to credit-#card fraud in 1991 and was sentenced to 24 months in jail.
▪ Card Watch, the banking industry's plastic card fraud prevention campaign, issues top tips for travelling abroad.
▪ Tesco has linked up to Equifax to combat card fraud at its filling station sites.
▪ Voice over Card fraud loses the banks at least 165 million pounds a year.
▪ Credit card fraud in Britain in 2000 jumped by almost 60 % to $ 450m.
▪ Half were victims of credit card fraud while 41 percent were targets for shoplifters.
▪ Read in studio A firm has come up with a new high-tech way to beat credit card fraud.
case
▪ Lo, 48, a real estate mortgage broker, faces a bail hearing Wednesday in the fraud case.
▪ He said fraud cases cost too much and happened too late.
▪ Voter fraud case A House investigation of alleged voter fraud in the election of Democratic Rep.
▪ The aim was to report back with bold proposals for the more efficient and effective trial of long fraud cases.
▪ The worst-affected region was the south-east with fraud cases for the six-year period totalling almost £1.21 billion.
▪ Scales was the most imaginative of his inspectors; he had started in fingerprints and now specialised in fraud cases.
charge
▪ The seven tax fraud charges were only the first of many corruption charges expected to be filed against Marcos and her children.
▪ The vote fraud charges had aroused people.
▪ Guppy, 28, of, Ladbroke Grove, London has denied fraud charges.
▪ Most of the suppliers accused in the sting operations have pleaded guilty to fraud charges.
▪ Five men go on trial next month on fraud charges relating to the bank.
▪ Caserta and Bohrman are among those facing a criminal trial this month on mail and wire fraud charges.
▪ Mr Rudi is awaiting a separate trial on fraud charges.
computer
▪ Victims' concern over damage to their image results in many cases of computer fraud going unreported.
election
▪ Accusations of election fraud, from ballots cast for dead people to double-voting, are as old as democracy itself.
▪ Corruption was never an issue. Election fraud never was an issue.
insurance
▪ First suggesting I was involved in some insurance fraud and then as good as saying Mom walked out on us!
▪ He is charged with mail and insurance fraud and faces a total of 290 years in prison.
▪ The allegation came on the third day of an insurance fraud trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court.
▪ It could potentially improve care, assist in medical research and help in detecting patterns of insurance fraud.
▪ C was charged with arson connected with insurance fraud.
▪ It wasn't like insurance fraud or software piracy, where I knew who knew exactly what I needed to know.
squad
▪ She wasn't on the plane and West Mercia fraud squad have asked Interpol to investigate.
▪ I picks up the phone and dialled a special number for the fraud squad.
▪ If I can't get the information I want any other way I shall ask the fraud squad to make inquiries.
▪ It is the first time the fraud squad has been directly accused of leaking the report.
▪ Twenty years later saw the creation of provincial fraud squads.
▪ In the metropolitan police there is only one fraud squad officer for every hundred officers.
▪ When the receivers were called in, fraud squad officers seized eight tons of documents.
▪ Although the authors were charged by the fraud squad, they were not prosecuted.
tax
▪ The seven tax fraud charges were only the first of many corruption charges expected to be filed against Marcos and her children.
▪ A deputy prime minister, Yulia Timoshenko, is facing criminal charges for tax fraud, smuggling and forgery.
▪ Macari cleared of Swindon Town tax fraud, but Hiller and Farrar are convicted.
trial
▪ The allegation came on the third day of an insurance fraud trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court.
▪ What is the source of the medical advice given in fraud trials?
▪ But more alarmingly, a planned fraud trial was scrapped because Burke was deemed mentally unfit to appear in the dock.
voter
▪ She said there is no evidence of concerted voter fraud in the stadium election.
▪ Triggering the voter fraud inquiry was a complaint by former Rep.
▪ Another point of contention: how serious voter fraud had been.
▪ The finding documented apparent voter fraud, but the numbers were nowhere near enough to change the results of the election.
▪ After his defeat by 984 votes, Dornan immediately claimed the election was marred by voter fraud, including voting by noncitizens.
▪ California Secretary of State Bill Jones is probing complaints of voter fraud and improprieties in the election, according to informed sources.
▪ Voter fraud case A House investigation of alleged voter fraud in the election of Democratic Rep.
▪ Jenkins complained about alleged voter fraud in predominantly black New Orleans precincts, which made the difference in his narrow loss.
wire
▪ Gould was eventually caught last year, and pleaded guilty to 51 counts of racketeering, wire fraud, and money laundering.
▪ Caserta, 56, pleaded guilty to one count each of wire fraud and conspiracy.
■ VERB
allege
▪ Any other parties must be able to allege fraud or deceit.
▪ Hundreds of lawsuits have been filed by homeowners across the country alleging mortgage loan fraud.
▪ Mr Berisha's Democratic party alleged widespread electoral fraud by the government and intimidation of polling station officials by the police.
▪ In the overall case, the four-year statute of limitations on alleged fraud, theft and financial elder abuse expires in February.
▪ The opposition, alleging fraud, had refused to concede defeat in Guanajuato.
▪ The suits are filed against companies and their officers when their stocks drop, and allege fraud for luring investors.
▪ All three losing candidates appealed against the election results, alleging massive fraud by the government.
▪ The lawsuit alleges a pattern of fraud by the company in the sale of life insurance.
arrest
▪ In September 1990 Mr. Kissane was arrested and charged with fraud arising out of activities when he was employed by Royal.
▪ Mr Milosevic was arrested for fraud on April 1.
▪ On Sept. 9 six of Der'i's close associates were arrested by fraud squad agents in connection with the allegations.
commit
▪ It is often difficult to differentiate those who deliberately commit fraud from those who are confused in their claims.
▪ As a result, too many private contractors fail to deliver what they promise-or worse, commit fraud.
▪ Federal consumer agencies and those in an increasing number of states are taking action against those who commit online fraud.
▪ The suit claimed that Pike committed fraud for failing to disclose his background and sought his removal from control of the venture.
convict
▪ And there is no restriction on candidates, although telemarketing companies say they try to avoid using people convicted for fraud.
▪ McDougal was convicted of Whitewater-related fraud charges last year, along with his former wife and the governor of Arkansas.
▪ Jim Guy Tucker, were convicted on related fraud charges last May.
▪ That one got him convicted of stock fraud and sent to Leavenworth penitentiary for seven years.
▪ Three have been convicted on fraud or conspiracy charges, including the McDougals and former Arkansas Gov.
count
▪ Caserta, 56, pleaded guilty to one count each of mail fraud and conspiracy.
detect
▪ There was a handful of claims for alleged failure to detect fraud on audit.
▪ Entrepreneurial governments rely on information about the results of government spending-the cost and quality of government programs-to detect fraud and abuse.
▪ Auditors are not responsible for detecting every item of fraud and error.
▪ It could potentially improve care, assist in medical research and help in detecting patterns of insurance fraud.
face
▪ Together with Maxwell's sons and Robert Bunn, a finance director of Maxwell companies, he faces charges of fraud and theft.
▪ He was due to face trial on federal fraud, racketeering and conspiracy counts later in 1992.
include
▪ That includes fraud against private health plans and against government programs such as Medicare.
indict
▪ After several years of investigations, the Boys Ranch was indicted on criminal Medicaid fraud and grand theft charges last April.
▪ He would ultimately get indicted for fraud as a result.
investigate
▪ Inspector Michael Stasko, who has a background of investigating fraud and police misconduct, joined him there.
▪ Its chairman and company secretary are being questioned by police investigating allegations of fraud.
▪ However, Lockett had nothing to do with the Boys Ranch, which was being investigated for Medicaid fraud.
▪ More indictments are expected this year from a few grand juries that continue to investigate other public fraud schemes.
▪ It follows two raids yesterday by police investigating a fraud at Oxford City Council.
▪ Despite their responsibility for investigating lesser frauds, computer expertise is thin on the ground.
▪ The police are now investigating a possible fraud.
involve
▪ First suggesting I was involved in some insurance fraud and then as good as saying Mom walked out on us!
▪ Wilson said the Justice Department believes it has now caught everyone involved in perpetrating the fraud.
▪ It may, for example, involve liquidation fraud, where a company voluntarily goes into liquidation to avoid its responsibilities.
▪ And highly-publicized scandals involving charity fraud have made potential givers wary.
▪ They sued, claiming that the news story implied, to the ordinary reader, that they were involved in fraud.
▪ The second difficulty involves the question of fraud.
▪ The first 16 defendants are said to have been involved in the fraud or in receiving and laundering the money involved.
obtain
▪ It is the registration that must be obtained by fraud.
▪ The entry would have been obtained by fraud in the presenting of a forged transfer for registration.
▪ In such a case the entry on the register would not, it seems to me, have been obtained by fraud.
▪ The registration would not have been obtained by fraud.
▪ Where the decision has been obtained by fraud the limitation period may be extended by s32 of the Limitation Act 1980.
perpetrate
▪ The commonwealth, Dalzell believed, had perpetrated a fraud on the federal court; the commonwealth had swapped evidence.
▪ Wilson said the Justice Department believes it has now caught everyone involved in perpetrating the fraud.
plead
▪ Most of the suppliers accused in the sting operations have pleaded guilty to fraud charges.
▪ Mirretti had pleaded guilty to fraud, bribery, theft and conspiracy to obstruct a criminal investigation.
▪ Later he pleaded guilty to mail fraud and tax evasion in connection with defrauding Rose clients of nearly $ 400, 000.
prevent
▪ Social security officers can discriminate negatively because they are encouraged to be vigilant to prevent fraud and abuse.
suspect
▪ She was being pursued over £2,000 in a suspected social security fraud.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Big losses due to theft and fraud forced the company to close.
▪ It was weeks before they realized that the young man who had charmed them all was a fraud.
▪ Landale is calling for more laws to protect consumers against fraud.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Clearly, however, that does not mean that the City is riddled with fraud or that the regulatory system has failed.
▪ He would ultimately get indicted for fraud as a result.
▪ In each case the owner of the goods was induced by fraud to part with them to the rogue.
▪ The market and the opportunities for fraud keep growing.
▪ The vote fraud charges had aroused people.